Monday, 29 June 2009

The cover of the newest issue 0f Peppermint is a beautiful purply hue. It's such a nostalgic cover image, the whole feel. Very Wintry indeed.I received my issue on Friday and wanted to devour the whole thing instantly. Instead I visited the Avid Reader Little Market, and then the Vintage Fair, and then chocolate mud cake and tea. All with Ms Peppermint herself.I am slowly reading through the stories. Life is getting in the way!I so love the handcrafted story, written by Tess Curran. She is the talented features writer for Peppermint - and such a sweet and lovely young woman. It's a must read for every-single one of you. About blogging and crafting and work-at-home-mums. (If you look very closely in the corner of this page, you'll notice that I made these little letters - it was such a fun project, and I feel proud to have been asked to help.)The fashion pages are beautiful. I may be a tad biased, but I do believe that the model on pages 32-39 is something a whole lot of gorgeous and especially beautiful. I showed a sneak peek here, but sorry you'll have to get the mag to see the rest. (okay, okay - just a couple more). There's a lovely little story on Justine of MixtapeZine and also the Kiwi World Sweet World.As well as a crazy amount of anything else handcrafted, eco, local, realistic, interesting, current, fashionable.......Peppermint has the latest on all that you want to be reading. Printed on 100% recycled paper, with a waterless printing process, right here in Brisbane.Check out the website, facebook or twitter. For you Brisbanites, we'll be selling Peppermint Issue 3 + subscriptions at our stall at the BrisStyle Indie Designer's Market. This Saturday. 9am - 2pm. St Augustine's Church, Racecourse Road, Hamilton. It will be at newsagents on Friday.

*photos from Peppermint facebook page, have a look here for more sneak peeks.

Ellie, I was wondering where I'd get my hands on a copy - then I opened the mail and turns out I subscribed a few months ago! (I'm so vague and sleep deprived, the upside is I get nice surprises like this!).I'm thoroughly enjoying... and love your little appearances in the mag. THat's sooo great that you made those letters, I love them and was admiring them. Of course I want to make some now, but I'm adding that to the 'inspiration' list.PS thanks for your craftstipation comments, you feature a bit in the cures post!

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Hello! I'm Ellie.Petalplum is my little space for sharing the things I make & create, as well as my inspirations. I write about daily life, document creative projects & chat about my children. You can read more about me over here.

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